DxO Labs has announced that DxO Optics Pro v4 for Windows can now process photos taken with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D and Nikon D80. Initially, support is limited to a trio of lenses for each model, though the company says the list of lens modules available for these two newer digital SLRs will grow quickly in the weeks ahead. A Mac version of DxO Optics Pro v4 is slated for release in late November 2006.

For the uninitiated, DxO Optics Pro v4 offers tools to combat distortion, lens softness and vignetting, plus it includes exposure and dynamic range controls, noise reduction, colour correction and RAW conversion. It comes in Starter, Standard and Elite versions. More information on the software is here. A list of supported cameras and lenses is here. A 21-day demo version is available here. The press release below has more on DxO Labs' announcement of support for the Rebel XTi/400D and D80.

New York, NY and Paris, France, October 31, 2006– DxO Labs announces today that DxO Optics Pro v4 Digital SLR and lens automatic image quality enhancement software now supports the recently released Nikon D80 and the Canon EOS 400D (also known as the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi) Digital SLR camera bodies. DxO Optics Pro v4 is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, geometry, noise, exposure and color corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application. Support for the new cameras is provided in both the ‘Standard’ and ‘Elite’ versions of DxO Optics Pro v4. DxO Optics Pro v4 for Windows is available immediately from www.dxo.com and selected resellers. The Macintosh (Universal Binary) version is slated for late November.

“As soon as major Digital SLRs are released by the manufacturers, we are under incredible pressure from the photography community to support them in DxO Optics Pro. Increasingly, demanding photographers are adopting DxO Optics Pro as a critical accessory to their equipment and support by DxO is fast becoming a gear selection criteria. We are very happy to debut today the support for these two very significant Digital SLR cameras,” says Luc Marin, vice president of the Photography Business at DxO Labs.

About DxO Labs DxO Labs develops and licenses software IP and silicon IP for embedded architectures for still and video image processing. DxO Labs invests extensively in research in applied mathematics and, as a result, has acquired unique savoir-faire across the entire imaging chain. This expertise enables DxO Labs to provide reliable, state-of-the-art technologies that power excellence in all aspects of image quality.

The products in DxO Labs’ portfolio not only provide outstanding features, they produce substantial system cost reductions and are steadily finding a place at the heart of consumer electronics and advanced imaging systems. The company’s key customers and partners encompass:

Demanding photographers as well as photography journalists and imaging experts.

DxO Labs’ ambition is for the “Image Science by DxO” brand to become an undisputed, trusted mark of excellence in image quality and a new reference standard for consumers and the leading companies in the imaging business.